Credit: The Freedonia Group Inc. The Freedonia Group has just issued a new report about the market for refractory materials, “Refractories to 2016,” and, generally speaking, the outlook is good…
Read More• China-based Suntech Power Holdings is closing its only solar panel-making plant in the US to cut costs, two years after opening the facility. Suntech opened the plant in Goodyear,…
Read MoreSome recent new developments: Kyocera recognized for excellence by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems for second consecutive year Kyocera America, Inc. was recognized by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS)…
Read MoreA multiwall carbon nanotube with triple-wall, “arm chair” morphology. Global production capacity of MWNTs is about 4.5 kilotons per year. Credit: Wikimedia. Twenty years is the figure cited in Materials…
Read MoreUseful news and interesting research: Washington Mills decodes particle size conversion in fused minerals Washington Mills has developed a particle size conversion chart to assist in selecting the correct grit…
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Image credit: Plibrico. • In China, industrial production grew 9.9 percent in the first two months of 2013, while economists had expected an increase of 10.5 percent in the same…
Read MoreHere is what we are hearing: Lynas reports first rare earths from Malaysia facility Lynas Corp. is pleased to confirm that the Lynas Advanced Material Plant in Malaysia (LAMP) has…
Read MoreRobots setting unfired brick. Credit: John Hewitt; Interstate Brick. The first floor hallway of the Ceramic Engineering building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is built in sections with…
Read More• Corning Inc. has opened a liquid crystal display glass substrate manufacturing facility in China. It is located in the Beijing Economic Technological Development Area and is the company’s second…
Read MoreCredit: J. Stroscio, R. Celotta/NIST. I am not sure how much (if any) of this could be affected by the sequestration decisions, but this is a reminder that NIST has issued…
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